Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-12-26
Russia s Manifesto.

Russia's Manifesto.
The publication in the official mill
tary Gazette at St. Petersburg of an
article on the extraordinary prepare
tions by Germany and Austria along
the frontier during the last FIVE years
has created a sensation in Europe.
The article assumes to treat these
preparations as threatening, and af
ter recounting them, says that mani
fest prudence requires that Russia
shall build railroads and quarter
troops for defense along the threaten
ed lines.
The general impression has been
that whatever military movements
Austria and Germany were making
were for defense against expected
Russian aggressions. But perhaps
the public has been mistaken. Ger
tainly if this Russian statement is
true, the preparations have been much
greater than the public has realized.
1t is stated that during the last ten
wears 2828 kilometres of railway have
been constructed in the western prov
ince of Russia. In the German and
Austrian eastern provinces during
the same period $500 kilometres have
been built. Moreover, the area in
which Russia has constructed rail-
ways is twice as large as that in
which her neigh bors have built such
lines.
1t is also stated that during the
last five years the German troops on
the Russian frontier have been in
creased u battallions of infantry, p
batteries of artillery and ID squad
rons of cavalry, while five frst-class
fortresses have been built. Austria
has added nine to her % divisions of
effective troops and has reinforced
her frontier garrisons by Is squad
rOns of cavalry and Is batteries of
artillery, besides massing at Cracow
a large quantity of rolling stock
adapted to use on Russian railways.
Russia claims that her peace effect
i've army is less by 5000 men than
it was in 1881, while her neighbors
have decreased theirs by 1900. The
conclusion Of this remarkable article
is that Russia has the undoubted
right to provide for her defense and
to take every measure to uphold her
honor and maintain the inviolability
Of her territory"
Such language, from such qaar-
ter, can not but forebode war ! All
Europe is uneasy. General Boulan-
ger was probably right when he said
he would go to his post rather than
to parliament, for France needs more
generals than deputies.
The Vienna correspondent of the
London Times telegraphs that
strong feeling exists in the city in
favor of sending an immediate ulti-
matum to Russia, to be followed, in
case of unsatisfactory reply, by a
rapid march of the German and Aus
trian forces on the Russian frontier
1t is feared that war will occur in
the spring. The feeling is intense.
Another Vienna dispatch says
"Count Kalnoky was in conference
with the emperor almost all of Friday
afternoon. Ii is reported that he
will now agree to a joint note from
the powers to Russia, demanding an
explanation of her military prepare
tions. Sundays council will decide
the matter
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